William Soutar Quotes

Scottish poet (1898–1943)

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William Soutar (1898–1943) was a leading poet of the Scottish Literary Renaissance. Diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis in 1924, he was bedridden from 1930 and died of tuberculosis in 1943. He is also known for his journal, Diary of a Dying Man, which was was published posthumously.

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What is this poetry ? A mortal mind
Made visible;a caged bird? Nay more:it is a spiritleft behind
Nailed by the piercing word.

Art is for all — and the greatest art proves it.

My life's purpose is to write poetry — but behind the poetry must be the vision of a fresh revelation for men.

Accept the shout or silence of your peers
As if a fabled legacy or loss;
Their praiseand blame are but the winds which toss
Your seed into the winter of the years.